Tale 83 — The cursed old document
The house of Ohora Mannojo, called the Daido era, in Yamaguchi, was built in a manner different from other houses, with its entrance facing the southeast. In this house there was one wicker trunk holding an old document, said to bring a curse if opened, and so it was never opened.
- Land
- Tono
- Setting
- Yamaguchi, Tsuchibuchi, Tono, Iwate
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